The raison d'etre of this website is to provide you with hard scientific information which may help you make informed decisions in your quest for health (so far I have blogged concise summaries of over 1,500 scientific studies and have had three books published).

My research is mainly focused on the effects of cholesterol, saturated fat and statin drugs on health. If you know anyone who is worried about their cholesterol levels and heart disease, or has been told to take statin drugs you could send them a link to this website, and to my statin or cholesterol or heart disease books.

David Evans

Independent Health Researcher

Sunday, 25 April 2010

Ketogenic diet stops cancer growth

This paper was published in theJournal of the American College of NutritionVol 14, Issue 2 202-208

Study title and authors:

Effects of a ketogenic diet on tumor metabolism and nutritional status in pediatric oncology patients: two case reports

This study set out to determine if the high fat, ketogenic diet would decrease glucose availability to brain cancer tumors in 2 children, thereby potentially stopping the growth of the cancer. And without adversely affecting the children's overall nutritional status. The children were monitored for an 8 week period.

The study found:

(a) Within 7 days of initiating the ketogenic diet, blood glucose levels declined to low-normal levels.

(b) There was a 21.8% average decrease in glucose uptake at the tumor site in both subjects.

(c) One patient had significant clinical improvements in her mood and new skill development during the study. She continued the ketogenic diet for an additional twelve months, remaining free of disease progression.

Nebeling concludes that the ketogenic diet may be useful in the treatment of cancer.

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